The Shadowrun Returns
Kickstarter campaign has kicked off Harebrained Schemes' countdown to next
week's release of their turn-based RPG revival. They enlist the support of their
backers to help market the game, offering
this launch trailer to
help spread the word. Here's what they say: "As gamers, we know that a lot of
paid marketing efforts are kind of useless. Most of us rely on the opinions of
people we trust to help us figure out what we want to play next. So please get
the word out and get people talking - not just about the game but about how they
have the power to add to it and tell their own stories using the Editor."

ItBurn wrote on Jul 19, 2013, 01:38:I've heard that the game features no inventory. Not sure it's the kind of game I want.

I believe there's inventory, but no looting of corpses. Which I'm okay with, since usually on a run you shouldn't have time to stop and roll the guards for loot.

Yeah, I remember them talking about that. Basically it was for balance, since they wanted to put you up against serious corp hardware, but it would be too easy if you could just kill a dude and take his rocket launcher or whatever

SO its a tactical RPG LITE? We do get loot at the end of the missions or what??

ItBurn wrote on Jul 19, 2013, 01:38:I've heard that the game features no inventory. Not sure it's the kind of game I want.

I believe there's inventory, but no looting of corpses. Which I'm okay with, since usually on a run you shouldn't have time to stop and roll the guards for loot.

Yeah, I remember them talking about that. Basically it was for balance, since they wanted to put you up against serious corp hardware, but it would be too easy if you could just kill a dude and take his rocket launcher or whatever

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts." -- Bertrand Russell (I think...)

I'm gonna be GMing a game with some friends probly, depending on how strong the tools are and if I can work with stuff on the fly. Looking forward to it.

And I'll probably go Decker in the campaign. Ever since I read Neuromancer as a teen and then played my first game of Shadowrun I've loved the class. I'm still wading through the 600+ page 5th edition PDF, but they look pretty sweet in the new ed.

Cutter wrote on Jul 18, 2013, 21:08:I still hate the stylized Orks. They just look fucking ridiculous and it really shatters the immersion. Everything else looks great though. Maybe someone will build new models for them with the editor - which I also cannot wait to check out.

Cutter wrote on Jul 18, 2013, 21:08:I still hate the stylized Orks. They just look fucking ridiculous and it really shatters the immersion. Everything else looks great though. Maybe someone will build new models for them with the editor - which I also cannot wait to check out.

I still hate the stylized Orks. They just look fucking ridiculous and it really shatters the immersion. Everything else looks great though. Maybe someone will build new models for them with the editor - which I also cannot wait to check out.